Splendid sculpture and painting from LACMA's permanent collection was packed up about eight years ago. Finally, it's back on ...

New accusations involving illicit sex and blackmail have shaken the nation and opened a debate on the privileges monks enjoy ...

Theravada Buddhism has been the spiritual backbone of Thai identity for more than two millennia, and still shapes national ...

(For previous articles in this series, see here and here .) ...

Also referred to as Buddhist Lent, the festival is a significant religious observance primarily involving monks who dedicate themselves to spiritual practice during the rainy season. Cultural ...

Religious communities in South-east Asia are reinterpreting rituals to meet the urgency of the climate crisis. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

A sex scandal isn't scandalous because of sex. It usually takes particularly striking circumstances - such as institutionalized coercion, violence or prostitution of minors or the involvement of ...

Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then ...

The Most Venerable Anamaduwe Sri Rathanapala Buddharakkhita Dhammadassi Anunayake Thera of the Asgiri Maha Vihara Chapter of the Siam Sect passed away at the age of 67 in Kandy on 21st July 2025. His ...